Father Brown Meets the Gentleman Thief
What happens when literature’s most charming criminal meets the priest who understands the psychology of sin?
In this Chesterton Radio discussion, our hosts explore the first episode of Father Brown vs. Raffles — The Morality of the Gentleman Thief. The story brings together two iconic figures of classic English fiction: Arthur J. Raffles, the gentleman cracksman created by E. W. Hornung, and Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton’s quiet priest-detective who solves crimes by understanding the human soul.
The conversation explores the fascinating moral tension at the heart of the story:
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